Bomb at luxury hotel kills at least five people

SUICIDE attackers detonated a truck bomb yesterday outside a luxury hotel in Peshawar that US officials were in negotiations to make into an American consulate, officials said.

The attack killed at least five people and wounded dozens more.

The motive for the assault was not clear, and two US officials in Washington said they were not aware of any signs that the US interest in the compound had played a role in its being targeted.